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A Huge Natural Gas Line Explosion Just Lit Up West Virginia [PHOTOS]
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| 12.11.2012
| Matthew Boesler
Posted on 12/11/2012 11:00:48 AM PST by Morgana
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To: presently no screen name
Does a state have engineers inspecting the crossings and is the only way to do this is rip up the road? Do they have ex rays to do this?
The state and federal have regulations in regards to certain annual inspection requirements. The data is sent in as part of the compliance reports. My experience indicates the data is rarely reviewed beyond a yes or no that inspections were conducted.
There are two methods (short of excavation) for testing. Electrical and pigging are complimentary. The electrical, if properly interpreted would indicate problems with the cased configuration. The pigging would provide information on wall thickness and other anomalies.
I have been contracted in the past by companies to review their compliance work and data. Much of the data is taken by technicians who may understand the testing, or may just be going through the motions of collecting the data. I have found on many occasions that the data was either interpreted wrong for years or incorrectly gathered.
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posted on
12/11/2012 1:32:35 PM PST
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
To: EternalVigilance
What you see here if a f*** up by someone, somewhere high on the totem pole.
Natural gas is safe and efficient. The ding-a-lings running the show some times scare me.
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posted on
12/11/2012 1:50:59 PM PST
by
Morgana
(Time to play cowboys and muslims.)
To: PA Engineer; presently no screen name; EternalVigilance; All
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posted on
12/11/2012 1:57:59 PM PST
by
Morgana
(Time to play cowboys and muslims.)
To: listenhillary
You can just feel the heat on your face, in that photo.
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posted on
12/11/2012 2:03:15 PM PST
by
Erasmus
(Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
To: EternalVigilance
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posted on
12/11/2012 2:06:28 PM PST
by
ctdonath2
($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com)
To: PA Engineer
“There are remediation methods, however it is a problem that is regularly missed.”
I wonder how much could have been done with the hundreds of millions of dollars that Obama flushed down the hole with those solar energy firms if that had been directed to firming up some of our critical existing infrastructure?
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posted on
12/11/2012 2:08:30 PM PST
by
21twelve
(So I [God] gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. Psalm 81:12)
To: Erasmus; listenhillary
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posted on
12/11/2012 2:08:49 PM PST
by
Morgana
(Time to play cowboys and muslims.)
To: Morgana
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posted on
12/11/2012 2:15:29 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: listenhillary
Imagine driving down the road and bam! I can’t believe they only shut down the northbound lanes.
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posted on
12/11/2012 2:33:08 PM PST
by
bgill
(We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
To: listenhillary
Barry Newman would could drive right through that.
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posted on
12/11/2012 2:49:48 PM PST
by
Revel
To: Morgana
Not the best testimonial to vinyl siding, that.
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posted on
12/11/2012 4:53:50 PM PST
by
Erasmus
(Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
To: Morgana
What you see here if a f*** up by someone, somewhere high on the totem pole.
I was able to zoom in to the location of the crossing on google earth. Do you know if the Rt. 622 Exit 114 work was done recently?
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posted on
12/11/2012 5:02:13 PM PST
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
To: thackney
Grab the hotdogs and marshmallows Martha!
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posted on
12/11/2012 5:10:46 PM PST
by
Delta Dawn
(The whole truth.)
To: Eaker
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posted on
12/11/2012 5:12:19 PM PST
by
TheMom
(Stressed spelled backwards is Desserts!)
To: PA Engineer
“Do you know if the Rt. 622 Exit 114 work was done recently? “
I did not know there was work to be done. Then again it seems like they are always working on the interstate system in WV
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posted on
12/11/2012 5:18:55 PM PST
by
Morgana
(Time to play cowboys and muslims.)
To: thackney
Seems I remember that.
Which station was it?
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posted on
12/11/2012 5:22:02 PM PST
by
Eaker
(Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” — Robert A. Heinlein.)
To: Eaker
The biggest one I remember was Florida Gas Transmission while at GIE. I think it was station 11 in Alabama.
During a unit blowdown, lightning struck the unit vent stack and ignited.
Might have burned out on it’s own, except for the panic it created.
There were several units there. Some one hit the station ESD and a station blowdown began. The other unit vents, and the station vent, were right next to the unit vent on fire.
When the pressure dropped enough and the flow slowed down, the fire had already spread.
Eventually it took out all three main pipelines crossing the yard.
One of the more memorable pictures was where a 36 inch valve seat had flown through the air, slicing a near perfect semi-circle out of a large tree, hundreds (thousand?) feet from the valve location.
Rudichuck had been on site of a previous one with the infamous crooked E. It was a big ball of fire but went out very quick with minimal damage. I cannot remember the pipeline.
on FGT, were doing an expansion a year or so later. The pictures they had of the fire were something else. I remember the local fire department made the mistake of trying to fight the fire before it spread to the pipelines themselves. They had to buy a new fire truck but no one was seriously hurt.
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posted on
12/12/2012 5:00:48 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Morgana
Yes Morgana, I thought about the forest fire too. Thank God for the rain or that fire could have destroyed most of the town plus the forests. It’s a miracle it wasn’t worse.
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posted on
12/12/2012 7:18:09 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: Erasmus
There was a woman who rode out the fire in that house. She called her family and told them she loved them. She thought it was her last minutes to live. Can you imagine?
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posted on
12/12/2012 7:22:22 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: Morgana
They repaired the road overnight and opened it back up by this afternoon.
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posted on
12/12/2012 7:24:03 PM PST
by
WVNan
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